As part of the upcoming government new legislation on
benefits cuts, there would be a ‘yellow card’ warning system put in place of
the current rule of a straight sanction. This new penalty would be a less
aggressive measure of 14days grace for anyone receiving a cut to their benefits
to provide evidence of why they should not be punished before any imposed
sanctions. This shift in policy or simply put, ‘yellow card’ caution method is
a result of several criticism of the existing ruled from the parliamentary
committee. Ian Duncan Smith, Work and
Pensions Secretary said the policy would be introduce on trials basis as early
as April, next year, would triggered immediately cuts on anyone receiving
benefits.
Benefit sanctions must be made a smaller amount intense,
which has a ‘yellow card’ notice technique currently being unveiled regarding
claimants.
The existing rules states that any individual receiving a
cut for their advantages might find it induced promptly, however right now
they'll be presented fourteen days to deliver proof the reason why they must
not be disciplined before any kind of sanction is made.
This adjust with plan is because of self deprecation in the
current ruled at a parliamentary panel.
Function and Pensions Assistant Iain Duncan Henderson
claimed this plan will be unveiled over a trial run schedule, using the
Self-sufficient.
Mr Smith outlined the changes to the Work and Pension Select
Committee in a letter.
He wrote: “During this time, claimants will have another
opportunity to provide further evidence to explain their non-compliance.
“We will then review this information before deciding
whether a sanction remains appropriate.
“We expect that this will strike the right balance between
enforcing the claimant commitment and fairness.”
The Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) last year revealed
that nearly 60% of people successfully overturned sanctions - up from 20%
before the Conservatives took office.
Reasons for imposing the sanctions include missing job
centre appointments and failing to look for work.
However, they have often been deemed unfair because some
people missed appointments to attend job interviews.
An MPs report this year declared the current policy to be
“purely punitive”.
Frank Field, the chairman of the Work and Pensions committee
said of the changes: “We are pleased that the Government has accepted many of
the Committee’s criticisms of its approach and, more importantly, the
recommendations for change.
“In particular, we welcome the trial of the “yellow card”
warning system and the reassessment of what constitutes hardship.”
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